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Substandard Life to Premium Life

MELISSA — It is all starting to make sense why this awakening is so intense.  We have the opportunity to move from a substandard life to a premium life if we will embrace this alarm and not press the snooze button! This moment really is an invitation to something incredible.  This is an invitation to enter into and function from the fear of the Lord for the sake of the Kingdom and for His glory.  I really like the sound of that.  I really want to live that.


The Will of God and Prayer

KATHY—Praying our own opinions and judgments can become religious witchcraft.  If we pray anyone’s preferences, opinions, frustrations or agenda instead of God’s will, prayer becomes an attempt to impose one person’s will on another and that is the essence of witchcraft.  We must seek, NOT assume, the will of God before we pray.  Then we must let His will be confirmed by His Word and character and principles, not our preferences or justifications or prejudices.


Leaning and Hoping

This is the day the Lord has made so…    I will rejoice and be glad because I am able to lean on the Lord and hope confidently in the Rock all day long. (Isa26:4)  Isa.26:4 “So trust in the Lord (commit yourself to Him, lean on Him, hope confidently in Him) forever; for the Lord God is an everlasting Rock [the Rock of Ages]. (Amp)


Listen Diligently

MELISSA—As the people of God, what do we need to be watching, listening for and heeding? Watch for creativity and ideas being unleashed that will produce finances, answers, healing, refuge and change in hearts. Deut.28 sounds like we won’t miss creativity and ideas “if” we listen diligently to the voice of the Lord our God, being watchful to do all His commandments.


Prayer Affected by Opinion and Judgment

KATHY—God help us all if intercession is ever based on deserving or sinlessness!  And God help us as intercessors that we never pray, or refuse to pray, based on our opinion or judgment of others.  Help us Lord not to ever allow opinions to override obedience.  Neither let our opinions be so loud that they deafen us to obedience! 


To Seek and to Save

As the people of God assemble today may they hope in Mighty Yahweh and His Word and His faithfulness to work that Word until His promises are fulfilled. May they take hope and encourage one another that their Lord is working in this nation and in the nations of the world and showing Himself mighty to redeem that which is lost. “for the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.” (Lk.19:10, Amp)


What if we are the Awakening?

A friend of mine wrote a song that says, “What if we are the awakening that we’ve been waiting for?”  Could it be that God is hoping that we will think big enough and offer ourselves to be some person’s or some community’s or even some nation’s hope?  Rather than just going through life hoping for someone else to be what we need or hoping someone else will give us a break, what if we met a need or gave someone else a break that helped launch them into their destiny?  May the people of God propel many people forward in the purposes of God.  (Isa.35:3, Amp) “Encourage the exhausted, and make staggering knees firm.”  We are praying you discover daily that you are giving hope to others so they can succeed.


Both Hands on Plan A

MELISSA—This is the time to loose your grasp on plan B and take hold, with both hands, of plan A — Father’s original intent for your life. If your answer is hidden, ask God what the right question is in this moment. Ask Him what, in you, might be hindering the answer. Ask Him what you need to know today. He’s got plans for you, He is not into punishing you. His M.O. is all about forgiveness, redemption, relationship, and promotion, all for His glory. Hey, if He tells you it’s simply about timing then it’s really that simple. His timing is perfect. Look at the birth and life of Samuel. Perseverance is key! It’s going to be an amazing time heading into next year. Get ready for your answers.


Praying out of Opinions

KATHY—If we pray out of our opinions and judgments rather than the heart of God, we can bring ourselves under judgment rather than blessing. Also, we position ourselves for discouragement and unbelief because our prayers are hindered as James 4:3 says, “You ask and do not receive because you ask with wrong motives.” (NAS) 


The Prophetic Church

A prophetic church does not run for a safe bunker and begin praying for escape from the planet every time another threat comes from some despot in the Middle East. That church does not tremble and fret because its favorite political party is not in the White House. It is not a church reciting prayers while on the run. It is an offensive army on the march; taking territory from the “ites” (cf.Deut.7:1-6) and pulling down strongholds.  The prophetic church does warfare by revelation. A people who seeks their God for a battle plan will win the war (cf.2Sam.5: 22-25; Dan.11:32; Joel2:11).” A wise man attacks the city of the mighty and pulls down the strong-hold in which they trust” (Prov. 21:22). In this time of history we don’t physically attack cities or people but we bring prayer and declarations against the strongholds of evil institutions (2Cor.10:3-5).


But Joy Comes in the Morning

MELISSA—We have had our questions, our doubts and shed our tears, but we’ve heard what comes in the morning (Ps. 30:5).  I’m telling you, the sun is rising on us and great joy will be ours because it is our time.  It’s time to operate in the mandate God has given us.


Terror by Night

As the people of God assemble today may they not be afraid of the terror by night nor the arrow that flies by day and may they not rehearse those matters but rather encourage one another and say that the Lord is our Refuge, our Fortress, the One we lean on and confidently trust in. (Ps.91:2)


Fear Not The Terror by Night

As the people of God assemble today may they not be afraid of the terror by night nor the arrow that flies by day and may they not rehearse those matters but rather encourage one another and say that the Lord is our Refuge, our Fortress, the One we lean on and confidently trust in. (Ps.91:2)


Ordinary People and Challenging Times

We are facing issues that generations before us did not face. Within moments of events taking place in remote parts of the world, we are watching them in real time. There are great challenges before us now and challenges yet to come. Those challenges must not go unmet. (Isa.45:15, The Voice) ”Cyrus said You have kept yourself hidden from others, but You are indeed God, who saved Israel in the face of great challenges.” Great Jahweh who saved Israel in the face of great challenges has not run out of solutions for present generations. Just as He used ordinary people in biblical times, He is still using them in these challenging times. We are praying you discover daily that you are trusting in Mighty God to help you meet the challenges in your life.


With One Word

MELISSA—With one word God intends to align what has been out of line.  With one word He intends to right the wrongs.  With one word He intends to do what He had in mind all along. The word “radical” has become my one word declaration over many situations and people. It’s one word, but it says it all! Right here in the middle of some of the most chaotic days of most of our lives, God says one word — one very loaded and life-changing word.  It might seem like the end of all things, but fear not.  We are about to see the radical that has been happening behind the scenes. We might think we have seen radical happening already. Nope, we are about to see radical for real.  Isaiah 55:11 (His word will accomplish what He pleases) is a truth that we will see manifest in our day.  How so? Radically.  No need in any of us trying to figure out how, for whom, or even when. God’s radical is a steam engine barreling down the track building speed. Let’s just get out of the way. To you and your family I say, “radical!” To the United States of America, one nation under God, I say, “RADICAL!”


Praying as a Piece of a God Bridge

KATHY—I shifted into park and started to turn the key off when I had a strange sense of urgency to leave again. I shifted into reverse and backed out of the driveway.  In a few minutes, I found myself in an unfamiliar location, in front of an old family business. Realizing God had obviously orchestrated this moment, I had God-faith to pray, proclaiming what I suddenly knew to be the will of God over that business.  God answered this prayer in a matter of days and prospered the business! I was most definitely not the only one who prayed.  However, I was certain that the prayer that rose up out of me had been an essential piece of the bridge God was building into this situation for the breakthrough the business needed. 


Everything That can be Shaken

God promises to shake everything that can be shaken (Heb.12:27). It is His solemn word and something that He will not do half-heartedly. We have an unshakeable Kingdom (Heb.12:28) because we have an unchanging Person, Jesus (Heb.13:8). The religious system and practices of the church are being shaken as well as the systems of this world. The Kingdom cannot be shaken. The authority and power of God to act sovereignly through His people cannot be shaken. His truths and redemptive government that release the captive cannot be shaken. But the systems of misbelief and the systems that sustain the agendas of men are most definitely being shaken.


A Threshold War

MELISSA–It’s been something else the last month or so! There have been many calls, reports and instances that could keep one in the prayer closet 24/7 (let alone what’s going on nationally). It’s one of those moments that, while feeling bombarded, you realize there are many feeling the same way so there must be something bigger afoot. If you are nodding your head in agreement right now I would just like to encourage you. In the middle of a rather intense evening recently my mom said, “This is a threshold war.” That was the hammer that struck the gong right there! I then saw me and my family pushing through a clear membrane into a new place. Then around 3:00AM the next morning, I woke up and kept hearing, “You are there.” The only thing left was writing on the wall! We are at a new threshold!


Don’t be a Copy

DON’T BE A COPY        SFMV#37
Scriptures for Morning Victory with Marty Gabler reading Scriptures and praying for victory.
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Unpacking Excess Baggage

KATHY—Our traditions can be excess baggage that we have to unpack for the journey through a new gate.  We need to unpack passionless pieces and old seasons and expired obediences, those acts that were once a mandate but lost their effectualness as times and circumstances changed.  Israel had many parameters for sacrifice.  They were all teaching-tools and types to anticipate and understand the coming Messiah.  All their animal sacrifices were blood that was shed for an exemplary nation until the Christ would come to shed His blood for all mankind.  An expired obedience would be to continue the ceremony after the type had been fulfilled.  That translates in our day as expired legalisms that want to impose on us the traditions of men instead of the freedom of Christ, like trying to breed a red heifer or build another temple or enforce religious calendar activities again.  When God provides a gate, expired goals won’t fit through it.


Life-Changing Word

As the people of God assemble today may His powerful, life-changing Word be preached with Holy Spirit anointing and great conviction in order that we may be sanctified and pure so we may be separate from profane things in days to come and be preserved complete in our Lord Jesus Christ.  “And may the God of peace Himself sanctify you through and through [separate you from profane things, make you pure and wholly consecrated to God]; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved sound and complete [and found] blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah).” (1Thess.5:23, Amp)


The Baby and the Bath Water

In the present atmosphere of our culture many are rethinking their religious backgrounds and their religious experiences and a number of those are deciding to make major, life-impacting decisions attempting to remove pain from the past, disappointments and unpleasant memories. Please allow me to offer an old adage to consider: “be careful not to throw out the baby with the bath water”. Prov.13:13,Amp—“Whoever despises the word and counsel [of God] brings destruction upon himself, But he who [reverently] fears and respects the commandment [of God] will be rewarded.”  And be careful not to use your disdain as an excuse to indulge in decisions and actions that seem enticing which could bring ruin to you and your family and those who may have been watching your life. 1Thess.5:19-21,Amp—19 “Do not quench [subdue, or be unresponsive to the working and guidance of] the [Holy] Spirit. 20 Do not scorn or reject gifts of prophecy or prophecies [spoken revelations—words of instruction or exhortation or warning]. 21 But test all things carefully [so you can recognize what is good]. Hold firmly to that which is good.”


Relationship and Warranty

MELISSA—We have a never ending warranty on us, signed in blood. In fact, God Himself created the original warranty when Jesus took those stripes on His back (Isa. 53:5 &1Pe. 2:24). This warranty includes, “…all things that pertain unto life and godliness” (2Pe. 1:3). We have in us what we need right now, at this moment in time, for ourselves AND for our nation. Dare I even say, for the world. We have it because we have a relationship with Jesus Christ which opens us up to be a floodgate of Heaven on earth. It’s only through relationship that we gain understanding of the covenant. It’s our relationship with the King of Kings that sharpens and broadens our vision to see the treasures and promises in His covenant.


Kingdom not Spiraling Into Dispair

KATHY—We are not helpless pawns at the manipulative hands of political machines and agendas. We’re DANIELS in the LIONS’ DEN! There is a GOVERNMENTAL difference and SHUTTING of MOUTHS! The KINGDOM and RULE of God on earth “as in Heaven” is not spiraling into despair. Dan.4:3—“How great are His signs And how mighty are His wonders! His Kingdom is an everlasting Kingdom And His dominion is from generation to generation. (also-Ps.9:7;Ps.45:6;Ps.145:13).